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2022, c.35
- Child and Youth Well-Being Act
Detailled Table of Contents
Child and Youth Well-Being Act
1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1
Definitions
2
Purposes
3
Principle
3.1
Social services to Indigenous children and youth
2
DUTIES AND POWERS
4
Provision of social services
5
Best interests of the child or youth
6
Views and preferences of a child or youth
6.1
Participation in decision-making
7
Right to privacy
8
Duties of the Minister with respect to a child or youth receiving social services
8.1
Duties of the Minister with respect to the rights of a child or youth under the Minister’s care
9
Powers of the Minister
10
Powers of the Minister with respect to social services
11
Powers of the Minister with respect to child and youth care resources
12
Delegation by the Minister
13
Contract with Crown in right of Canada
14
Deemed payment under Family Income Security Act
15
Policies and guidelines
16
Determination of suitability
17
Decision-making responsibility
18
Register
3
CONFIDENTIALITY
19
Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
20
Confidential nature of social services
21
Confidential nature of proceedings
22
Confidentiality
23
Requirement to provide information
24
Contracts with Canada Revenue Agency
4
STRATEGIC INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES
25
Birth parent services
26
Services for children or youth with disabilities
27
Relief care services
28
Coordinated restorative services
29
Support after kinship services
30
Youth engagement services
31
Services for young adults
5
PROTECTION SERVICES
A
Provision of protection services
32
Services provided under Part 5
B
Protection with respect to well-being of a child or youth
33
Definitions for the purposes of this Division
34
Well-being of child or youth in danger
35
Duty to report
36
Voluntary services
37
Assessment by the Minister
38
Investigation with respect to well-being of a child or youth
39
Findings of the Minister
40
Plan for the child or youth
41
Collaborative approaches
42
Multidisciplinary planning
43
Kinship services
44
Protective care interventions
45
Search of premises and removal of child or youth
46
Apprehension of child or youth
47
Notice requirements
48
Interim hearing
49
Review of protective care interventions
50
Offending persons
51
Care and supervision
52
Peace officers
53
Spouse compellable
C
Priority of placement
54
Placement of child or youth
D
Agreements with respect to the well-being of a child or youth
55
Foster parent agreements
56
Custody agreement
57
Guardianship agreement
58
Agreements with other government, person or agency
E
Applications with respect to the well-being of a child or youth
59
Application when well-being of child or youth in danger
60
Procedure on applications
61
Powers and duties of the Court
62
Adjournment to permit collaborative approaches
63
Review of order or agreement
64
Appeal from order or decision
F
Orders of the Court
65
Supervisory order
66
Protective intervention order
67
Kin custody order
68
Custody order
69
Guardianship order
70
Order for transfer of guardianship
71
Order authorizing placement in place of secure care
72
Order with respect to a neglected adult
G
Child or youth under the Minister’s care
73
Communication and contact
74
Plan to transition out of care
75
Minister as legal representative and trustee
H
Investigations of child and youth care resources and social service agencies
76
Investigation of child and youth care resource
77
Court order on conviction of operator
78
Investigation of social service agency
6
ADOPTION
79
Services provided under Part 6
80
Adoption to be made only under this Part
81
Birth parent services
82
Application to the Minister
83
Disclosure of information
84
Placement for adoption
85
Placement agreement
86
Agreement for social services
87
Notice of private placement of child or youth required
88
Assessment of adoption placement by Minister
89
Notice to adoption authority outside the Province
90
Application for adoption order
91
Adoption consent
92
Revocation of consent
93
Waiver of consent
94
Procedure on adoption application
95
Notice under this Part
96
Evidence and witnesses
97
Time for disposition of application
98
Disposition of application
99
Adoption order
100
Change in registration of birth
101
Effects of adoption order
102
Effect of subsequent adoption order
103
Domicile or residence requirements
104
Recognition of order of another jurisdiction
105
Appeal
106
Setting aside of adoption order
107
Openness agreement
108
Payment or reward prohibited
7
CONFIDENTIALITY WITH RESPECT TO ADOPTIONS
109
Definitions
110
Confidential records and documents
111
Post-adoption register
112
Disclosure of non-identifying information
113
Disclosure of identifying information
114
Past adoptions – disclosure veto
115
Past adoptions – disclosure of identifying information
116
Future adoptions – disclosure of identifying information
117
Contact by the Minister
118
Documents with the Registrar General
119
Contact preference
120
Death of an adopted person or a birth parent
121
Sharing of information
122
Persons with an interest
123
Prohibitions re disclosure and contact preferences
124
Advertisement prohibited
8
PROCEEDINGS
125
Age of the child or youth
126
Administrative review
127
Proceeding with respect to parenting time
128
Appointment of counsel
129
Role of counsel
130
Examination or evaluation required by Court
131
Admissibility of evidence taken in previous proceeding
132
Evidence of a child or youth
133
Evidence of any person
134
Confidential nature of proceedings
135
Failure to appear
136
Interested persons
137
Rules of Court
138
Case conferences and settlement conferences
139
Third party custody applications
140
Order of extra-provincial court for transfer of a child or youth
141
Failure to comply with court order
9
MISCELLANEOUS
142
Capacity
143
Presumption respecting age of child or youth
144
Report, certificate or other document signed by Minister of Social Development as evidence
145
Computation of time
146
Service of documents
147
Immunity
148
Subrogation
149
Levy
150
Administration
151
Review of this Act
152
Offences and penalties
153
Regulations
154
Transitional and saving provisions
155
Commencement
SCHEDULE A